Starship — the spacecraft that Elon Musk says will sooner or later take individuals to Mars — is again on a launch mount in South Texas and prepared for its eighth take a look at flight.
On Monday evening, SpaceX flight controllers halted their countdown with about 30 seconds to go, after which determined a number of minutes later that they weren’t able to launch. After a number of days of labor, the corporate is able to attempt once more what’s to be largely a do-over of the seventh flight, which launched in January.
In that take a look at, Starship’s mammoth booster, or the underside of the rocket, efficiently returned to the launchpad, however the upper-stage spacecraft disintegrated over the Caribbean, with some particles touchdown on the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Right here’s what you’ll want to find out about Thursday’s flight, which the corporate goals to convey to a much less explosive conclusion
When is the launch and the way can I watch it?
The launch is scheduled to happen throughout a one-hour window starting at 6:30 p.m. Japanese time from Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site in South Texas. SpaceX will present coverage on its website starting about 40 minutes earlier than liftoff.
What’s Starship?
The Starship rocket system is the most important ever constructed. At 403 toes tall, it’s practically 100 toes taller than the Statue of Liberty atop its pedestal.
